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BEATING THE DEADLINE. People flock to the registration center at Robinsons Place Iloilo during the last day of voter registration on Tuesday (Jan. 31, 2023). Election Officer II Jonathan Sayno said they have achieved their target number of registrants ahead of the deadline.(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - Voters here have shown their interest to take part in the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in October this year as manifested by the high turnout of registrants since last December 12. Election Officer II Jonathan Sayno, in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of registration, said they reached their target registrants of around 5,000 to 6,000, with around 60 percent belonging to the SK age group of 15 to 30 years old. He said they expect a lower number of registrants for regular voters since they have already registered in the past presidential elections. Sayno said they have observed that people flock to the registration center during the last remain ....
COMPLIANT. Reelected Councilor Candice Magdalane Tupas (left) files her Statement of Contribution and Expenditures (SOCE) at the Comelec Iloilo City office on May 30, 2022. Iloilo City Comelec Election Assistant Jonathan Sayno on Friday (June 10,2022) said 32 of the 37 candidates in the city were able to file their SOCE.(Photo courtesy of Dr. Candice Tupas FB page) ILOILO CITY - Five candidates who ran and lost in the recent elections in Iloilo City failed to beat the June 8, 2022 deadline for the filing of the Statement of Contribution and Expenditures, a Commission on Elections (Comelec) official said here on Friday. "Out of the 37 candidates, only 32 have submitted and five failed to comply. Candidates, whether they win or lose, should file their SOCE," said Iloilo City Comelec Election Assistant Jonathan Sayno in an interview. Those who failed to submit were congressional candidate lawyer Juni Espinosa, mayoral candidate Vicente Ang and aspirants for the city council Vic ....
EARLY VOTERS. People line up while waiting for their turn to vote at the Baluarte Elementary School in Iloilo for the 2022 national and local elections on Monday (May 9, 2022). Western Visayas has over 5 million registered voters expected to troop to various polling precincts.(Photo courtesy of Jonathan Sayno) ILOILO CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here is looking at an 80 percent turnout of the 5,026,482 registered voters in Western Visayas in this Monday's national and local elections. "We have seen the engagement of people during rallies regardless of the candidates. We saw their enthusiasm. At the end of the day we really encourage the people to vote so that they can really express what they want through the power of the ballot," said Comelec regional election director Wilfred Jay Balisado in a phone interview Monday. He said that one of the challenges that they saw was the provision of waiting or holding areas since other schools being used as voting cen ....
COMMON POSTER AREA. Personnel of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Iloilo City labels the designated common poster area in the city's district plaza last Feb. 5, 2022. City Election Assistant II Jonathan Sayno on Thursday (Feb. 10) says Iloilo City has identified portions of the city's district plazas for the common poster area.(Photo courtesy of Jonathan Sayno/Iloilo City Comelec) ILOILO CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here will set up isolated voting precincts for voters showing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) symptoms on May 9, election day. City Election Assistant II Jonathan Sayno, in an interview Thursday, said they are coordinating with the schools to identify a room as an "isolated" voting precinct. The election will proceed regardless of the alert level classification of the local government unit and registered voters can cast their votes regardless of their vaccination status, Sayno said. "We could not predict the condition of pe ....
COVENANT SIGNING. Candidates vying for various posts in Iloilo City in the May 2022 elections commit to secure, accurate, free, and fair national and local elections during an interfaith prayer for peace and unity, caravan and covenant signing on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022). Election Assistant II Jonathan Sayno said joining the covenant signing is not mandatory yet but hoped that candidates will give importance to the event.(Photo courtesy of Jonathan Sayno/ Commission on Elections Iloilo City) ILOILO CITY - The majority of the 37 candidates running for various posts here have committed to a clean and honest 2022 elections as they joined Wednesday's interfaith prayer for peace and unity, caravan, and covenant signing. Election Assistant II Jonathan Sayno, in an interview Wednesday, said they hoped that candidates will take cognizance of the activity. The almost half-a-day activity was a combination of virtual and caravan events. It started with an interfaith prayer via zoom with the o ....